Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Grade 10, Unit 1Whole-Class LearningTitle and Author Genre Analyze Craft and
StructureConcept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions
or Author’s StyleWriting to Sources
Speaking and Listening
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
Short Story Literary Style:Gothic literature
Words that convey decay or destruction:
AnnihilateAntiquityFissureDissolutionRendingTumultuous
Denotation and Connotation
Conventions: Sentence Structure
Independent clauseDependent, or subordinate, clause
Standards RL.9-10.1RL.9-10.5
L.9-10.5L.9-10.5.b
L.9-10.1L.9-10.1.b
House Taken Over
Julio Cortázar
Short Story Literary Style:Magical realismTone
Words that express different types of emptiness, including those of emotion, sound, and space:
spacious unvoicedobscurerecessedvestibulemuffled
Patterns of Word Changes
Conventions: Types of Phrases:
Preposition, Prepositional phrases
Standards RL.9-10.5RL.9-10.6
L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.5
L.9-10.1L.9-10.1.b
Writing to Compare (The Fall of the House of Usher and House Taken Over)
Explanatory Essay
1 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Standards RL.5
W.9-10.2W.9-10.9W.9-10.9.a
from How to Tell You’re Reading a Gothic Novel
Adam Frost and Zhenia Vasiliev
Informational Graphic
Words that relate to different elements of Gothic literature:
ReclusiveSinisterEthereal
Informational graphic
Standards RI.9-10.1 SL.9-10.2SL.9-10.4SL.9-10.5
Performance Task: Writing FocusWrite an Explanatory EssayPrompt: How and when does imagination overcome reason?Language Development: Descriptive Details
Standards: W.9-10.2.a-f, W.9-10.3, W.9-10.3.d, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.10
Small-Group LearningTitle and Author Genre Prereading
Vocabulary SkillAnalyze Craft and Structure
Concept Vocabulary
Word Study Language Development:Conventions or Style
Effective Expression:WritingSpeaking and ListeningResearch
Where Is Here?
Joyce Carol Oates
Short Story Context clues Modern Gothic Words that describe personalities:
gregariousamiablystoical
Suffix -ly Author's Style: Character Development
Writing: Option 1: prequelOption 2: sequelOption 3: police report
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.a
RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.2.cL.9-10.4.b
RL.9-10.3 W.9-10.3
2 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10from The Dream Collector
Arthur Tress
Photo Gallery Media vocabulary:
compositionlocationsubjectlighting and colorperspective or angle
Speaking and Listening: VisualPresentation
Standards L.9-10.6 SL.9-10.5SL.9-10.6
Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?
Allegra Ringo
Interview Familiar Word Parts
Author's Claims: Interview
Words all related to human responses, thoughts, and feelings:
StimulusDissonanceCognitive
Patterns of Word Changes
Author’s Style: Scientific and Technical Diction
Research: Digital Presentation
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.b
RI.9-10.3 L.9-10.6L.9-10.4.b
RI.9-10.4 SL.9-10.5W.9-10.7
Beware: Do Not Read This PoemIshmael Reed
The RavenEdgar Allan Poe
WindigoLouise Erdrich
Poetry Collection Familiar Word Parts
Development of Theme:
Narrative poem SpeakerToneThemeImagery
Words related to efforts to influence others:
EntreatingImploreBeguiling
Anglo-Saxon Prefix be-
Author's Style: Point of View
First-Person Point of ViewOmniscient Point of View
Group Presentation
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.b
RL.9-10.2 L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.b
RL.9-10.5 SL.9-10.1SL.9-10.6
Performance Task: Speaking and Listening FocusDeliver an Explanatory PresentationPrompt: In literature, how does a sense of uncertainty help to create an atmosphere of fear?
Standards: SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1.b, SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.6
3 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10End-of-Unit Performance-Based AssessmentWriting to Sources: Explanatory EssayWriting Prompt: In what ways does transformation play a role in stories meant to scare us?Speaking and Listening Outcome: Informal Talk
Standards: W.9-10.2.a–f, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.10, SL.9-10.4.a
Grade 10, Unit 2
Whole-Class LearningTitle and Author Genre Analyze Craft and
StructureConcept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions
or Author’s StyleWriting to Sources Speaking and Listening
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, translated by Ian Johnston
Short Story Literary Movement: Modernism
Absurdist LiteratureAmbiguityFantastic/Dreamlike EventsThemes of Alienation
Words related to discomfort:
Distress Amelioration Aversion Asphyxiation Listlessly Travail
Denotation and Connotation
Conventions: Types of Phrases
Verb Phrase
Writing to Sources: Movie Pitch
Speaking and Listening: Debate
Standards RL.9-10.5 RI.9-10.4L.9-10.5L.9-10.5.b
L.9-10.1L.9-10.1.b
W.9-10.1W.9-10.4
SL.9-10.1SL.9-10.3SL.9-10.6
Franz Kafka and Metamorphosis
BBC
Video Media Vocabulary:
Stock FootageSilhouetteCommentatorsBackground MusicEditing
Visual Analysis Discussion
Standards RI.9-10.1L.9-10.6
W.9-10.2 SL.9-10.4
Performance Task: Writing Focus4 I GRADE 10 Scope & Sequence
NOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Write an ArgumentPrompt: Are outsiders simply those who are misjudged or misunderstood?Language Development: Create Cohesion: transitions
Standards: W.9-10.1.a-e, W.9-10.3.a, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.10, L.9-10.3.a
Small-Group LearningTitle and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary
SkillAnalyze Craft and Structure
Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Style Writing,Speaking and Listening, orResearch
The Doll’s House
Katherine Mansfield
Short Story Context clues Symbol and Theme Words that relate to hostile actions:
sneeredspitefullyshunned
Words with Multiple Suffixes
Author’s Style: Diction and Syntax
DictionSyntaxTone
Writing to Sources: Response to Literature
Character analysisCompositionCritical response
Standards L.9-10.4.aL.9-10.4.d
RL.9-10.2 L.9-10.4.b RL.9-10.4 W.9-10.1
Sonnet with BirdSherman Alexie EllipticalHarryette Mullen
FencesPat Mora
Poetry Collection
Base Words Poetic Forms:Free Verse
End-stopped linesEnjambment linesProse Poem
Words related to relationships among different social groups:
entitledperspectiveinteractions
Latin Prefix en-
Author's Style: Sonnet
Speaking and Listening: Poetry Reading
Standards L.9-10.4.aL.9-10.4.b
RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.c
RL.9-10.5RL.9-10.9
SL.9-10.4.b
Revenge of the Geeks
Alexandra Robbins
Argument Context clues Reasoning and Evidence:
ArgumentClaimEvidenceVarietyCredibility
Words all associated with vulnerability:
MarginalizePariahBigotry
Denotations and Connotations
Author’s Style: Parallel Structure
Speaking and Listening: Multi-Media Presentation
Informational videoSocial media campaignPoster
5 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Relevance
Standards L.9-10.4.aL.9-10.4.d
RI.9-10.8 L.9-10.4L.9-10.5L.9-10.5.b
L.9-10.1.L.9-10.3
SL.9-10.4SL.9-10.5SL.9-10.1.b
Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Lecture Base Words Literary Nonfiction
LectureIntroductionRhetorical questionDiscussionRepetitionConclusion
Words that can be used in a discussion of attitudes and belief systems that alienate people from each other:
DoctrineTotalitarianIdeologies
Greek Root: -log-
Conventions: Types of Phrases
Infinitive Infinitive phrase
Research:Digital Presentation
Illustrated TimelineSlide showVideo
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.b
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.5
L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.1.b W.9-10.6W.9-10.8
Performance Task: Speaking and Listening FocusDeliver a Multimedia PresentationPrompt: Is difference a weakness? Is sameness a strength?
Standards: SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.1.b
End-of-Unit Performance-Based AssessmentWriting to Sources: ArgumentWriting Prompt: Is the experience of being an outsider universal?Speaking and Listening Outcome: Oral Presentation
Standards: W.9-10.1.a-e, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.10, SL.9-10.4
Grade 10, Unit 3Whole-Class LearningTitle and Author Genre Analyze Craft and
StructureConcept / Media Vocabulary
Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style
Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening
from The "Four Freedoms" Speech
Speech Seminal Documents: Persuasive Appeals
Words that relate to conflicts between or among nations or
Latin Root -pac-
Conventions: Types of Phrases
6 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Franklin D. Roosevelt Central idea
Persuasive appealsAppeals to logicAppeals to emotionAppeals to authorityLogical fallacy
other political groups:
PacificationDisarmamentAppeasement TreacheryPropagandaTyranny
Noun phrase
Standards RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.6RI.9-10.8RI.9-10.9SL.9-10.3
L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.d
L.9-10.1.bL.9-10.1L.9-10.4
Inaugural Address
John F. Kennedy
Speech Seminal Documents: Emotional Appeals
PersuasionCharged LanguageRestatement
Words that relate to instances of physical or verbal confrontation:
InvectiveBelaboringInvokeBeachheadRevolutionAsunder
Latin Roots:-vol- and -volut-
Author's Style: Use of Language
Rhetorical DevicesRepetitionParallelismAnaphoraAntithesis
Standards RI.9-10.1RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.6RI.9-10.9
L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.c
RI.9-10.L.9-10.1.a
Writing to Compare(from The “Four Freedoms” Speech and Inaugural Address)
Comparison-and-contrast essay: Historical context
Standards RI.9W.9-10.2
7 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10W.9-10.9.b
Inaugural Address
John F. Kennedy
Video Media Vocabulary:
ToneInflectionGestureEnunciation
News report Newscast
Standards L.9-10.6 SL.9-10.3 SL.9-10.6
Performance Task: Writing FocusWrite an Informative EssayPrompt: What can one person do to defend the human rights of all people?Language Development: Style
Standards: W.9-10.2.a-f, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.2.7, W.9-10.8, W.9-10.10, L.9-10.1, L.9-10.2, L.9-10.2.c
Small-Group LearningTitle and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary
SkillAnalyze Craft and Structure
Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style
Writing,Speaking and Listening, orResearch
Speech at the United NationsMalala Yousafzai
Speech Familiar Word Parts Author’s Purpose: Rhetorical DevicesEvidenceAnecdoteProverbExamples
Words related to the pursuit of human rights:
BeneficentEnvoyInitiative
Latin Root:-bene-
Conventions: Types of clauses
Adverbial clauseSubordinating conjunctions
Standards L.9-10.4.b RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.6
L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.1.b
Diane Sawyer Interviews Malala YousafzaiABC News
Interview Media Vocabulary:
Lead-InClose-Up ShotSlant
Writing to Compare: Explanatory Essay
Standards L.9-10.6 RI.9-10.7
8 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10RI.9-10.1 W.9-10.2
W.9-10.9.bCaged BirdMaya Angelou
Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in PrisonNazim Hikmet, translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk
Poetry Collection
Context Clues Author's Choices: Figurative Language
SimileMetaphorExtended metaphor
Words that have multiple meanings:
CurrentTrillFlurry
Multiple Meaning Words
Author’s Style: Specific Details
ImageImagery
Writing: Poem
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.a
RL.9-10.1RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.6
L.9-10.4 RL.9-10.4 W.9-10.3.d W.9-10.3
The Censors
Luisa Valenzuela, translated by David Unger
Short Story Context Clues Author’s Choices: Satire
Social commentaryTone
Words that relate to the idea of secretly fighting back against something or working against something
SabotageInterceptSubversive
Latin Prefix:sub-
Author's Style: Word Choice
hyperbolecolloquial language
Speaking and Listening: Small-Group Discussion
Standards L.9-10.4.aL.9-10.4.d
RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.6
L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.d
RL.9-10.4 SL.9-10.1L.9-10.5.a
from Freedom of the Press Report 2015Freedom House
Informational Graphic
Media Vocabulary:
InfographicBar Graph Line GraphPie Chart
Research: Infographic
Standards L.9-10.6RI.5.a
W.9-10.6SL.9-10.4SL.9-10.5SL.9-10.1.b
9 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Performance Task: Speaking and Listening FocusDeliver a Multimedia PresentationPrompt: When, if ever, are limits on freedom necessary?
Standards: SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.1.a, SL.9-10.1.b, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.6
End-of-Unit Performance-Based AssessmentWriting to Sources: Informative EssayWriting Prompt: What does it mean to "be free"?Speaking and Listening Outcome: Multimedia Presentation
Standards: W.9-10.2a-f, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.10, SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.6
Grade 10, Unit 4Whole-Class LearningTitle and Author Genre Analyze Craft and
StructureConcept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions
or Author’s StyleWriting to Sources Speaking and
ListeningThe Necklace
Guy de Maupassant, translated by Andrew MacAndrew
Short Story Literary Devices:
IronySituational ironySurprise ending
Words all related to elegance or high social status:
RefinementSupplenessResplendentHomageGallantriesExquisite
Latin root -splend-
Conventions: Punctuation
SemicolonConjunctive adverbTransitional expression
Diary Entry Monologue
Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.c
L.9-10.2L.9-10.2.a
W.9-10.2 SL.9-10.4.bSL.9-10.6
Civil Peace
Chinua Achebe
Short Story Development of Theme
Theme SettingHistorical and cultural context
Words that relate to fortune, good or bad:
AmenableSurrenderInfluence
Compound nouns
Author's Style: Character Development
Dialect
Character Analysis Oral Interpretation
10 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10CharactersPlot developmentDescriptionJuxtaposition
BlessingsWindfallInestimable
Standards RL.9-10.1RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.5
L.9-10.2.c, L.9-10.3 L.9-10.2L.9-10.3
RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.3L.9-10.2L.9-10.2.c
W.9-10.2 SL.9-10.4SL.9-10.4.b
Fit for a King: Treasures of Tutankhamun
Photo Essay TechnicalVocabulary:
EgyptologyArtifactIconographyContext
Photojournalism
Standards L.9-10.6 SL.9-10.5W.9-10.6
Performance Task: Writing FocusWrite an Informative EssayPrompt: What makes something valuable? What makes something a treasure?Language Development: Conjunctive Adverbs and Semicolons
Standards: W.9-10.2.a-f, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.10, L.9-10.2, L.9-10.2.a
Small-Group LearningTitle and Author Genre Prereading
Vocabulary SkillAnalyze Craft and Structure
Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Style Writing,Speaking and Listening, orResearch
In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness
Marie Arana
Journalism Base Words Literary Journalism Words associated with exploiting the land:
MaraudingIntemperateDespoiled
Latin Root -tempor- and -temper-
Author's Style: Word Choice
ImagerySensory details
Research: Multimedia Presentation
11 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Standards L.9-10.4
L.9-10.4.bRI.9-10.6 L.9-10.4.b RI.9-10.4
RI.9-10.5W.9-10.6SL.9-10.4.aSL.9-10.5
AvariceYusef Komunyakaa
The Good LifeTracy K. Smith
MoneyReginald Gibbons
Poetry Collection Context Clues Author’s Choices: Speaker and Point of View
SpeakerFirst-Person Point of ViewThird-Person Point of ViewOmniscientLimited third-personTone
Words related to wanting something you don’t have:
AvariceNeedyDesperate
Connotation and Denotation
Author’s Style: Poetic Language
Sound devicesAlliterationConsonance
Writing to Sources: Short Story
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.aL.9-10.4.d
RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.5
L.9-10.5L.9-10.5.b
RL.9-10.4 W.9-10.3
The Golden Touch
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Short Story Context Clues Narrative Structure
ConflictPlotExpositionRising ActionInciting incidentClimaxFalling ActionResolution
Words relating to gold/riches:
Burnished Lustrous Gilded
Latin Root: -lus- Conventions: Types of Clauses
Noun clause
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.a
RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.cL.9-10.4.b
L.9-10.1.bL.9-10.1
from King Midas
Howard Moss
Poetry Context Clues Author’s Choices: Poetic Structure Stanza
Words all related to something solid:
Latin Root: -dur- Author’s Style: Author’s Choices: Poetic Structure
12 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10RhymeExact rhymeSlant rhymeRhyme schemeEnd rhyme
ObdurateOre
MeterFootIambEnjambment
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.a
RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.4.b RL.9-10.5
Writing to Compare (The Golden Touch and from King Midas)
Compare-and-contrast essay
Standards RL.9-10.7, RL.9-10.9, W.9-10.9.a
The Thrill of the Chase
Margie Goldsmith
Magazine Article Context Clues Literary Nonfiction: Feature Story
Title Introduction Body Conclusion
Words that can be used when discussing objects of value:
ArtifactsLegacyMarvel
Latin root: -fac-
Author's Style: Sentence Variety
Long sentencesShort sentencesVaried sentence lengths
Speaking and Listening: Debate
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.a
RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.5
RI.9-10.5 SL.9-10.1.aSL.9-10.1.cSL.9-10.1.d
Performance Task: Speaking and Listening FocusDeliver a Multimedia PresentationPrompt: In what ways can material possessions create both a sense of comfort and a sense of anxiety?
Standards: SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.4.a, SL.9-10.5
End-of-Unit Performance-Based AssessmentWriting to Sources: Informative EssayWriting Prompt: How do we decide what we want versus what we need? What can result from an imbalance between want and need?
Speaking and Listening Outcome:: Oral Presentation
Standards: W.9-10.2.a-f, W.9-10.10, SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.4.a
13 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Grade 10, Unit 5Whole-Class LearningTitle and Author Genre Analyze Craft and
StructureConcept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions
or Author’s StyleWriting to Sources
Speaking and Listening
The Tempest, Act 1
William Shakespeare
Drama Shakespeare’s Romances
TragedyComedyRomance
Words that all relate to betrayal:
PerfidiousTreacherousUsurp
Suffix: –ous Paraphrasing
Standards RL.9-10.10 RL.9-10.1L.9-10.4.b
W.9-10.4
The Tempest, Act II
William Shakespeare
Drama Poetic StructuresBlank Verse Iambic Pentameter
Words that relate to the transfer of power from one generation to the next:
SupplantSuccessionHeir
Latin Prefix sub- Author's Style: Word Choice
CharacterizationDiction
Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.cRL.9-10.1
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4
The Tempest, Act III
William Shakespeare
Drama Dramatic StructurePlotSubplots
Words that relate to strength and bravery:
ValiantValourInvulnerable Vigilance
Latin root -val-
Dramatic Reading
Standards RL.9-10.5RL.9-10.2
L.9-10.4.bRL.9-10.1
SL.9-10.6SL.9-10.4.b
14 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10The Tempest, Act IV
William Shakespeare
Drama Dramatic Structure
Dramatic speechesMonologue SoliloquyAside
Words that relate to beginning something new and making an effort:
Opportune Industrious Incite
Etymology Author’s Style: Motif
Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.c
RL.9-10.4
The Tempest, Act V
William Shakespeare
Drama Plot Structure
ResolutionEpilogue
Words that relate to forgiveness and putting things right:
PenitentPardonMercifulRectify
Latin root -pen- Author’s Style: Poetic Structure
Rhyming coupletFull rhyme
Literary Criticism
Critical essay
Oral Presentation
Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.c
RL.9-10.5 W.9-10.1W.9-10.1.b
SL.9-10.3SL.9-10.6
En El Jardin de los Espejos Quebrados, Caliban Catches a Glimpse of His Reflection
Virgil Suárez
Caliban
J. P. Dancing Bear
Poetry Collection
Words that relate to physical damage:
SwollenScarredCartilageWeltSliverClench
Writing to Compare:
Comparison-and-contrast essay
Standards L.9-10.5L.9-10.6
RL.9-10.9W.9-10.2W.9-10.9.a
Performance Task: Writing FocusWrite an ArgumentPrompt: Is there more value in vengeance or virtue (forgiveness)?Language Development: Conventions: Quotations and Paraphrases
Standards: W.9-10.1.a-e, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.10, L.9-10.1.b
15 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Small-Group LearningTitle and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary
SkillAnalyze Craft and Structure
Concept Vocabulary
Word Study Conventions or Style
Writing,Speaking and Listening, or Research
They are Hostile NationsMargaret Atwood
Under A Certain Little StarWisława Szymborska, translated by Joanna Trzeciak
Poetry Collection
Context Clues Speaker
ToneThemeAudience
Words can be used to describe something or someone who is the recipient of someone else’s vengeance
HoundedTargetVulnerable
Animal Words Author's Style: Apostrophe
Writing to Sources: Poem
Standards L.9-10.4.a RL.9-10.2 L.9-10.6 RL.9-10.4 W.9-10.4W.9-10.5
Let South Africa Show the World How to Forgive Desmond Tutu
Speech Familiar Word Parts Persuasive Techniques
Anecdotes
Words that have to do with government that involves people working together:
DemocraticInterdependenceCommunal
Greek Root Word: kratos
Conventions: Types of Clauses
Relative clauseRelative pronouns
Research: multimedia presentation
Informational slideshowIllustrated timelineWebsite
Standards L.9-10.4.b RI.9-10.2 L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.c
L.9-10.1.bL.9-10.1
W.9-10.6W.9-10.7
Performance Task: Speaking and Listening FocusPresent an ArgumentPrompt: Does forgiveness first require an apology?
Standards: SL.9-10.1.a, SL.9-10.1.c, SL.9-10.1.d, SL.9-10.4
End-of-Unit Performance-Based Assessment16 I GRADE 10 Scope & Sequence
NOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Writing to Sources: ArgumentWriting Prompt: Can justice and forgiveness go hand in hand?Speaking and Listening Outcome: Speech
Standards: W.9-10.1.a-e, W.9-10.9. W.9-10.10, SL.9-10.4
Grade 10, Unit 6Whole-Class Learning
Title and Author Genre Analyze Craft and Structure
Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style
Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening
Oedipus the King, Part 1
Sophocles, translated by Nicholas Rudall
Drama Structure of Greek Plays
Verse DramaPrologueChorusParadosEpisodeOdesPaeanExodos
Words that relate to official pronouncements:
Edicts DecreeProclamation
Latin Root -dict- Author's Style:Greek Chorus
StropheAntistropheEpodeChoragos
Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.c
RL.9-10.5
Oedipus the King, Part 2
Sophocles, translated by Nicholas Rudall
Drama Elements of Greek Tragedy
TragedyTragic heroProtagonistHamartiaAntagonistDramatic irony
Words relate to predicting and experiencing the future
ProphecyOracleInexorable
Connotation and Denotation
Author's Style:Rhetorical Devices: Anaphora
Dialogue Critique
Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.cL.9-10.5
L.9-10.5.b RL.9-10.5L.9-10.5
W.9-10.3W.9-10.4
RL.9-10.7W.9-10.1
17 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10W.9-10.3.b W.9-10.9.a
SL.9-10.1.d
Performance Task: Writing Focus
Write a Nonfiction NarrativePrompt: Can we see ourselves as clearly as others see us?Language Development: Sentence Structure
Standards: W.9-10.3.a-e, W.9-10.10, L.9-10.1.b, L.9-10.2, L.9-10.2.a, L.9-10.2.c, L.9-10.4.c L.9-10.5
Small-Group Learning
Title and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary Skill
Analyze Craft and Structure
Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Style
WritingSpeaking and ListeningResearch
A View from the Empire State Building
Helen Keller
Letter Familiar Word Parts Author’s Choices: Word Choice
Figurative languageMetaphorSimileHyperbolePersonification
Words describe superlative power
UnconquerableDominatingIndomitable
Latin Root -dom- Conventions: Types of phrases
Prepositional phraseAdverbial phrase
Research: Group Presentation
Photo essayAllusionRadio interview
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.b
RI.9-10.4L.9-10.5L.9-10.5.a
L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.1.bL.9-10.1
W.9-10.6W.9-10.7SL.9-10.2
Blind
Fatima Naoot, translated by Kees Nijland
Blind Seer of Albon
W. S. Merwin
Poetry Collection
Context Clues Figurative Language
Analogy Theme
Words that describe the spectrum of life:
TranscendLuminousElemental
Latin Root-lum-
Author’s Style: Word Choice and Meaning
ImagerySensory detailsJuxtapositionOxymoron
Speaking and Listening: Oral Presentation
RecitationParaphraseRound-table discussion
18 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10On His Blindness
Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Robert MezeyStandards L.9-10.4
L.9-10.4.aRL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4L.9-10.5L.9-10.5.a
L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.b RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.2L.9-10.5L.9-10.5.a
SL.9-10.1SL.9-10.3SL.9-10.4
The Country of the Blind
H. G. Wells
Short Story Base Words Narrative Structure
PlotConflictExpositionRising actionClimaxFalling actionResolution
Words that describe confusion:
Incoherent Perplexity Delusions
Latin Root -ludere-
Author's Style:Narrative Pacing
PaceMood
Writing to Sources: Response
Response to the storyRetellingCharacter descriptionDialogue
Standards L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.d
RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.bL.9-10.4.c
RL.9-10.5 W.9-10.3SL.9-10.1.a
The Neglected Senses from For the Benefit of Those Who See
Rosemary Mahoney
Memoir Context Clues Development of ideas
Words related to the idea of movement or traveling through an environment:
TraversedNavigatingPeriphery
Latin Root -vers--vert-
Conventions: Types of phrases
Prepositional phraseAdjectival phrase
Speaking and Listening:Oral Presentation
Standards L.9-10.4L.9-10.4.a
RI.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.1L.9-10.1.b
SL.9-10.1SL.9-10.4.a
Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus
19 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.
Scope & Sequence: Grade 10Present an Oral RetellingPrompt: Can one have sight but no vision, or vision but no sight?
Standards: SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.4.b, SL.9-10.5
End-of-Unit Performance-Based Assessment
Writing to Sources: Nonfiction NarrativePrompt: Is there a difference between seeing and knowing?Speaking and Listening Outcome: Storytelling
Standards: W.9-10.3.a-e, W.9-10.10, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1.a, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.6
20 I GRADE 10 Scope & SequenceNOTE: Information/Content Provided Subject to Change. Standards RL covered with all readings but may not be indicated on the chart.